--- title: "CVE-2008-5357\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5357?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-5357 Publication date 5 December 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Integer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2\_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1\_23 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5357?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | openjdk-6 | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | sun-java5 | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.5.0-19-0ubuntu0.9.04 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.5.0-19-0ubuntu0.8.10 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.5.0-22-0ubuntu0.8.04 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | sun-java6 | 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6-15-1 | | 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6-16-0ubuntu1.9.04 | | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6-14-0ubuntu1.8.10 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6-17-0ubuntu1.8.04 | | 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees) http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244987-1 6733336 vulnerable source not included in the open source JDK ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5357) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5357) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5357) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5357) ### Other references *